25 Francis Bacon Quotes

Francis is sometimes considered the founder of modern science but is also well known for his belief in God. He believed nature was one of God’s great creations which was purposely created as complex and created us with an intellectual mind to be able to discover how nature works. He believed that the only way to really understand science was if you believed in God and used the Bible as a resource.

"Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of Man."

- Francis Bacon

Topics: Atheism, The Heart

"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."

- Francis Bacon

Topics: Wisdom

"The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall."

- Francis Bacon

Topics: Angels, Pride, Knowledge

"What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer."

- Francis Bacon

Topics: Truth

"The remedy is worse than the disease."

- Francis Bacon

Topics: Health

"He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other."